Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate Atlantis.
Poor Todd or is it Poor Tribbles?
Todd was staying on Atlantis because he had lost his hive ship.
He was waiting to see if the humans were going to keep him or let him go.
But that was not the worst of it. He had a problem, a big problem that came in small packages.
They were called Tribbles and they made his life horrible.
He could not go anywhere on Atlantis without bumping into someone who had one.
First they would shriek, then all of their fur stood straight out from their bodies and they would jump straight up in the air.
They would land all shaking and quivering. Then he would hear the word Klingon!
As their owners walked off with their pets. He must ask Sheppard what this word meant.
So he avoided everyone and kept mostly to his room only coming out when he needed to.
This would have been fine if it was not for Dr. Keller.
She thought everyone should have a pet. She was sure that Todd just had not met the right Tribble for him.
So every day for the next week she came by with a different Tribble.
The shrieking was getting to him. It had to stop. But Dr. Keller would not take no for an answer. Until that one terrible day.
Dr. Keller had brought the poor thing in. It went through the whole routine Todd had come to expect, except this time this ones aim was off.
When it jumped up in the air it came down close to Todd.
All he did was stick his hand out (his feeding hand) and catch it. There was an ahhh! and then a poof!
All that was left in Todd's hand was ash and fur. It tasted awful too.
Then Todd had a thought, If I know these humans as I think I do. I know how I can get them to let me go.
Todd looked at his hand, dusted it off and then said, "May I have another one, they are so tasty."
Dr. Keller looked shocked. "They are pets, not food!" She yelled as she left the room.
A little later Sheppard came by and told Todd they were letting him go.
"So soon, said Todd, "I thought I would like to stay longer."
"No," said Sheppard and escorted him to the gateroom.
As Todd went through the gate smiling, he was thinking, I should have thought of that earlier.
